1 dead, 2 injured in crash that shut down portion of Long Island Expressway in Queens
NEW YORK -- A deadly crash in Queens shut down part of the Long Island Expressway for hours overnight.
It happened at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday on the westbound side near the Grand Central Parkway.
A driver was speeding when their vehicle struck a guardrail and flipped over multiple times, according to police.
A woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.
The driver, a 20-year-old man, was in critical condition. A female passenger, 18, was in critical but stable condition.
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